1. Antonio Guterres directly warns Security Council member states that the humanitarian system in Gaza may collapse
2. In a dramatic move, the UN chief invokes a UN article not used in decades to call on members to “avert a humanitarian catastrophe”
3. He says he expects public order to completely break down because of continuing Israeli bombardment and lack of essential supplies
4. Epidemics could spread and pressure rise for mass displacement into neighbouring countries, he says
5. Israel agrees to allow a “minimal” amount of additional fuel into Gaza to prevent humanitarian collapse and the outbreak of epidemics
6. Legislation to provide new security assistance for Israel has been blocked by Republican members of the US Senate
7. Hamas attacked Israel in October, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostages, some of whom were released during a short-lived truce
8. Hamas officials in Gaza say Israel has killed more than 16,200 people in its retaliatory campaign, including about 7,000 children

EU foreign policy chief backs Guterres over Gaza
Post update
As we’ve been reporting, Israel has attacked a call by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a “humanitarian ceasefire”. Guterres warned that the humanitarian system in Gaza could collapse and called on the UN Security Council to avert a “catastrophe”.

Now the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has asked European states to back Guterres.

“I ask the EU members of the UN Security Council and like-minded partners to support @UN Secretary General @AntonioGuterres’s call,” he posted on X.

“The #UNSC must act immediately to prevent a full collapse of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.”

France and Malta are the only two EU states among the 15 which make up the current Security Council.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen had said on X that Guterres’ “call for a ceasefire in Gaza constitutes support of the Hamas terrorist organization”.

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